A General Concept for Description of Production Plants with a Concept of Cubes

Abstract

The goal of the project BaMa (Balanced Manu-factoring) is to develop a simulation-based method for monitoring, predicting and optimizing energy and resource demands of manufacturing companies. Considering the economic success factors time and costs, a new modelling and simulation concept will be integrated in the research project to implement an energy and cost foot printing. A modular approach that segments a production facility into "cubes" will be developed. Cubes have a clearly defined interface and represent a certain physical behaviour that contributes to the energy balance of the overall system. This article shows the basic concept how cubes are defined and how formal concepts for interfaces, system behaviour , and hierarchical layout are described.